TABLE OF CONTENTS. (Vol. I.) HISTORY OF THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM. FIRST CHAPTER ON CREEDS IN GENERAL. § 1. Name and Definition 3 § 2. Origin of Creeds 4 § 3. Authority of Creeds 7 § 4. Value and Use of Creeds 8 § 5. Classification of Creeds 9 SECOND CHAPTER. THE OECUMENICAL CREEDS. § 6. General Character of the (Ecumenical Creeds. 12 § 7. The Apostles’ Creed 14 § 8. The Nicene Creed 24 § 9. The Creed of Chalcedon. 29 § 10. The Athanasian Creed 34 THIRD CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE GREEK CHURCH. § 11. The Seven (Ecumenical Councils 43 § 12. The Confessions of Gennadius, A.D. 1453 46 § 13. The Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans, A.D. 1576 50 § 14. The Confession of Metrophanes Critopulus, A.D. 1625 52 § 15. The Confession of Cyril Lucar, A.D. 1631 54 § 16. The Orthodox Confession of Mogilas, A.D. 1643 58 § 17. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Confession of Dositheus, A.D. 1672 § 18. The Synods of Constantinople, A.D. 1672 and 1691 § 19. The Doctrinal Standards of the Russo-Greek Church § 20. Anglo-Catholic Correspondence with the Russo-Greek Church 7 § 21. The Eastern Sects: Nestorians, Jacobites, Copts, Armenians FOURTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE ROMAN CHURCH. § 22. Catholicism and Romanism § 23. Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System § 24. The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, A.D. 1563 § 25. The Profession of the Tridentine Faith, A.D. 1564 § 26. The Roman Catechism, A.D. 1566 § 27. The Papal Bulls against the Jansenists, A.D. 1653, 1713. Note on the Old Catholics in Holland, 107. § 28. The Papal Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, A.D. 1854 § 29. The Argument for the Immaculate Conception § 30. The Papal Syllabus, A.D. 1864 § 31. The Vatican Council, A.D. 1870 § 32. The Vatican Decrees. The Constitution on the Catholic Faith § 33. The Vatican Decrees, continued. The Papal Infallibility Decree § 34. Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Scripture and Tradition § 35. The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church § 36. The Old Catholics FIFTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCHES. § 37. The Reformation. Protestantism and Romanism § 38. The Evangelical Confessions of Faith § 39. The Lutheran and Reformed Confessions SIXTH CHAPTER THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. § 40. The Lutheran Confessions. 220 § 41. The Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530 225 § 42. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530 243 § 43. Luther’s Catechisms, A.D. 1529 245 § 44. The Articles of Smalcald, A.D. 1537 253 § 45. The Formula of Concord, A.D. 1577 258 § 46. The Formula of Concord, concluded 312 § 47. Superseded Lutheran Symbols. The Saxon Confession, And The Wurtembbrg Confession, A.D. 1551 340 § 48. The Saxon Visitation Articles, A.D. 1592 345 § 49. An Abortive Symbol against Syncretism, A.D. 1655 349 SEVENTH CHAPTER THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCHES. § 50. The Reformed Confessions 354 I. Reformed Confessions of Switzerland. § 51. Zwingllan Confessions. The Sixty-seven Articles. The Ten Theses of Berne. The Confession to Charles V. The Confession to Francis I., A.D. 1523-1531 360 § 52. Zwingli’s Distinctive Doctrines 369 § 53. The Confession of Basle, A.D. 1534 385 § 54. The First Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1536 388 § 55. The Second Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1566 390 § 56. John Calvin. His Life and Character 421 § 57. Calvin’s Work. His Theology and Discipline 444 § 58. The Catechism of Geneva, A.D. 1541 467 § 59. The Zurich Consensus, A.D. 1549 471 § 60. The Geneva Consensus, A.D. 1552 474 § 61. The Helvetic Consensus Formula, A.D. 1675 477 II. Reformed Confessions of France and the Netherlands. § 62. The Gallican Confession, A.D. 1559 490 § 63. The French Declaration of Faith, A.D. 1872 498 § 64. The Belgio Confession, A.D. 1561 502 § 65. The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dort, A.D. 1604-1619 502 § 66. The Remonstrance, A.D. 1610 516 § 67. The Canons of Dort, A.D. 1619 519 III The Reformed Confessions of Germany. § 68. The Tetrapoutan Confession, A.D. 1530 524 § 69. The Heidelberg Catechism, A.D. 1563 52£ § 70. The Brandenburg Confessions 554 The Confession of Sigismund (1614), 555. The Colloquy at Leipzig (1631), 558. The Declaration of Thorn (1645), 560. § 71. The Minor German Reformed Confessions 562 IV The Reformed Confessions of Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary § 72. The Bohemian Brethren and the Waldenses before the Reformation 561 § 73. The Bohemian Confessions after the Reformation, A.D. 1535 and 1575 § 74. The Reformation in Poland and the Consensus of Sendomir, A.D. 1570 58 § 75. The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger, A.D. 1557 58 V. The Anglican Articles of Religion. § 76. The English Reformation 59 § 77. The Doctrinal Position of the Anglican Church and her Relation to other Churches 59 § 78. The Doctrinal Formularies of Henby VLLI 61 § 79. The Edwardinb Articles, A J). 1553 61 § 80. The Elizabethan Articles, A.D. 1563 and 1571 91 § 81. Interpretation of the Thirty-nine Articles 62 § 82. Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, A.D. 1801 65 § 83. The Anglican Catechisms, A.D. 1549 and 1662 65 § 84. The Lambeth Articles, A.D. 1595 65 § 85. The Irish Articles, A.D. 1615 66 § 86. The Articles of the Reformed Episcopal Church, A.D. 1875 60 VI. The Presbyterian Confessions of Scotland. § 87. The Reformation in Scotland 669 § 88. John Knox 673 § 89. The Scotch Confession, A.D. 1660 680 § 90. The Scotch Covenants and the Scotch Kirk 686 § 91. The Scotch Catechisms 696 VII. The Westminster Standards. § 92. The Puritan Conflict 701 § 93. The Westminster Assembly 727 § 94. The Westminster Confession 753 § 95. Analysis of the Confession 760 § 96. The Westminster Catechisms 783 § 97. Criticism of the Westminster Svstbm of Doctrine 788 § 98. The Westminster Standards in America 804 § 99. The Westminster Standards among the Cumberland Presbyterians 813 EIGHTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF MODERN EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS. §100. General Survey 817 § 101. The Congregationalists. 820 § 102. English Congregational Creeds. 829 § 103. American Congregational Creeds 835 § 104. Anabaptists and Mennonites 840 § 105. The Calvinistic Baptists 844 § 106. The Arminian Baptists 856 § 107. The Society of Friends (Quakers) 859 § 108. The Moravians 874 § 109. Methodism 882 § 110. Methodist Creeds 890 § 111. Arminian Methodism 893 § 112. Calvinistic Methodism 901 § 113. The Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingites) 905 § 114. The Evangelical Alliance 915 § 115. The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds 919

At head of title: Bibliotheca symbolica ecclesiae universalis

Preface to 6th ed. signed: David S. Schaff, January, 1931

v. 1. The history of creeds.--v. 2. The Greek and Latin creeds, with translations.--v. 3. The evangelical Protestant creeds, with translations

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